Grade Horses. Grade horses. Image Credit: Paul Souders / Getty Images Grade horsesâhorses of no particular or known breeding are the eighth most popular horse voted on by About.com Horses readers. Most of us who have been riding for awhile will have a favorite grade horse in our histories. I began riding on my motherâs grade gelding Manitou.
Elk River (West Virginia) The Elk River is a tributary of the Kanawha River, 172 miles (277 km) long, in central West Virginia in the United States. Via the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
The Elkhorn Slough NERR is a narrow meandering inlet located off Monterey Bay on California's central coast (Image credit: Elkhorn Slough NERR). A slough (pronounced slew) is typically used to describe wetlands. Sloughs along the edges of rivers form where the old channel of the river once flowed.